Monday 5 August 2013

There's No Running From Your Truth

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There's no running from your truth. If you have pain, it's going to surface, and if you try to stop it or deny it or numb it out or run from it, you're just going to exhaust yourself. And make yourself sick. But people do it every day, all day long. They keep themselves so busy, so scheduled down to the minute, there isn't any time to feel anything. Or they try to feed the beast of their pain with stuff. I'll just keep consuming until that horrible emptiness goes away. Or they numb it with drugs or alcohol or food or dieting or sex or relationships or shopping or television or video games. And weeks go by, and those weeks turn into years, and a whole life can go by this way.

If you're on the run, you're not going to be able to stop and take in the scenery. If you're in a fog, you're going to miss some exquisitely gorgeous moments. If you're in denial, you're also denying yourself the opportunity to figure out who you are and what you need to be at peace. You can't reject a huge reality about where you're at and how you feel, and simultaneously know yourself well. And chances are, eventually you'll wonder if this is all there is. Your pain does not have to own you, but it will for sure if you don't face it. We all have our stuff, our histories, those places where we're raw or jagged, where those deep wounds have left their scars. Your pain might shape you. But it can shape you in a beautiful way. So that you open and become more compassionate, more able to understand the suffering of others, and more equipped to lend a hand, or whatever else you've got. 

Om Namah Shivay.

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There's No Running From Your Truth : 

There's no running from your truth. If you have pain, it's going to surface, and if you try to stop it or deny it or numb it out or run from it, you're just going to exhaust yourself. And make yourself sick. But people do it every day, all day long. They keep themselves so busy, so scheduled down to the minute, there isn't any time to feel anything. Or they try to feed the beast of their pain with stuff. I'll just keep consuming until that horrible emptiness goes away. Or they numb it with drugs or alcohol or food or dieting or sex or relationships or shopping or television or video games. And weeks go by, and those weeks turn into years, and a whole life can go by this way.

If you're on the run, you're not going to be able to stop and take in the scenery. If you're in a fog, you're going to miss some exquisitely gorgeous moments. If you're in denial, you're also denying yourself the opportunity to figure out who you are and what you need to be at peace. You can't reject a huge reality about where you're at and how you feel, and simultaneously know yourself well. And chances are, eventually you'll wonder if this is all there is. Your pain does not have to own you, but it will for sure if you don't face it. We all have our stuff, our histories, those places where we're raw or jagged, where those deep wounds have left their scars. Your pain might shape you. But it can shape you in a beautiful way. So that you open and become more compassionate, more able to understand the suffering of others, and more equipped to lend a hand, or whatever else you've got.

Om Namah Shivay.

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